Show Pursuit of Happiness Hospital Visitors Often Add l To Poor Patients Patient's Misery B By Hubbard Hoover Hoo and Isabelle Macrae Hoover Its a lucky thing Isabelle I had that taxicab accident I now know all the things a person shouldn't do when he visits the sick or injured Im glad you can find a good goodside goodside goodside side to it Hubbard But for a aman aman aman man who has just made a bright discovery you look worn out I am worn out From tho the moment you propped up my leg legand legand legand and left me for a long afternoon of rest and refreshment Ive I've been entertaining company company- There must ha have e been a dozen people in here herc this afternoon to tell me how sorry they were And in between times the phone has been ringing its head off You should be glad g It shows how many friends you have I r I am glad for every single one of them But only two two bless bless their hearts hearts had had the good sense to wish me a speedy recovery and leave in a couple of minutes The others stuck around for a half hour or more and insisted on making making making mak mak- ing a social occasion of it Ask AsIc Details Everyone who came in wanted all the details of ot how it had hap hap- I tried to give an entertaining entertaining entertaining enter enter- I account of it it-a it a host owes something to his guests guests and and for fora a while I r kept pretty close to the truth But after a R couple of hours I became bored with the same old story and began adding some gory and dramatic details The final version was something fantastic I hate to think what whal our 1 friends will win say when they get to together together to- to gether and compare notes Im Fm not worried about that But seriously Isabelle everyone should be given some education on visiting the sick Too many people came at a time and most everyone everyone every every- one stays too long Remember last summer when Carl Huston was in inthe inthe the hospital for a gall bladder operation He complained that he felt trapped trapped that that people he had avoided for years crowded in on him and he couldn't escape You have to take that with ith a agrain agrain agrain grain of salt Carl likes to make his complaints amusing One Serious Gripe Well Vell he had one gripe that I Iam Iam Iam am sure he lie was serious about He said that toward the end of his convalescence his room was often so full of visitors that there weren't enough seats for them and the they would perch on his bed Every perch made him w wince nce And every visitor after polite inquiries about the operation was I remained of or something similar that had happened to him or to a member of oC his family Soon Carl said he was the forgotten man His room was full of dramatic c voices and loud laughter When he couldn't stand the hubbub any longer he learned he could end end it by closing his eyes If It they thought he had fainted that was all li right ht with him Actually he was 80 so exhausted by all the so- so c that he would soon drop of off to sleep He said that during his whole time in the hospital there then were only two visitors who gave him pure pleasure One was his secretary secre secre- tary tary-a tary a young girl just out of school She came in while he was asleep and didn't wake him up She left three yellow roses on his I I night table with a little note Get well quick We Ve miss you at the theoffice office He remembers her call V with th gratitude She will probably have a salary raise the first of the vear year The other was his old Aunt Minnie She came in softly with witha a little jar jar- of crabapple jelly in her hand Dont talk honey she said Dont say a word unless you youcan youcan youcan can think of something I can do doto doto do to make you ou more comfortable Just close our blessed eyes eJes again Ill I'll sit here and hold your hand ham for a minute and then slip out opt |